27844 Federal Register / Vol. 72, No.
95 / Thursday, May 17, 2007 / Notices
The U.S. Department of Agriculture,
Forest Service Law Enforcement
Officers held the leggings until they
were released by the court to the Cibola
National Forest following the successful
prosecution of the case in 2006.
The leggings are made from human
hair and were made in the late
prehistoric to early historic period
(approximately A.D. 1100–1700). The
site from which the leggings were
removed contained pottery sherds of
Puebloan manufacture from the late
prehistoric and/or early historic periods.
Expert witnesses for the court case
determined that the leggings were of
Puebloan construction from the late
prehistoric to early historic period.
During consultation, representatives of
the Pueblo of Acoma, New Mexico
demonstrated that the leggings were of
Acoma manufacture and that they were
a sacred object associated with the
Acoma religion and needed by
traditional Acoma religious leaders for
the present-day practice of their
religion.
Officials of the U.S. Department of
Agriculture, Forest Service, Cibola
National Forest have determined that,
pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (3)(C), the
one cultural item described above is a
specific ceremonial object needed by
traditional Native American religious
leaders for the practice of traditional
Native American religions by their
present-day adherents. Officials of the
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest
Service, Cibola National Forest also
have determined that, pursuant to 25
U.S.C. 3001 (2), there is a relationship
of shared group identity that can be
reasonably traced between the sacred
object and the Pueblo of Acoma, New
Mexico.
Representatives of any other Indian
tribe that believes itself to be culturally
affiliated with the sacred object should
contact Dr. Frank E. Wozniak, NAGPRA
Coordinator, Southwestern Region,
USDA Forest Service, 333 Broadway
Blvd., SE, Albuquerque, NM 87102,
telephone (505) 842–3238, before June
18, 2007. Repatriation of the sacred
object to the Pueblo of Acoma, New
Mexico may proceed after that date if no
additional claimants come forward.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture,
Forest Service, Cibola National Forest is
responsible for notifying the Pueblo of
Acoma, New Mexico and Pueblo of
Laguna, New Mexico that this notice has
been published.
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Dated: March 20, 2007.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion:
Augusta State University, Department
of History, and Anthropology, and
Philosophy, Archaeology Laboratory,
Augusta, GA
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
Notice is here given in accordance
with the Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act
(NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003, of the
completion of an inventory of human
remains in the possession of Augusta
State University, Department of History
and Anthropology and Philosophy,
Archaeology Laboratory, Augusta, GA.
The human remains were removed from
Columbia County, GA.
A detailed assessment of the human
remains was made by Augusta State
University professional staff in
consultation with the Eastern Band of
Cherokee Indians of North Carolina and
Muscogee (Creek) Nation of Oklahoma.
The following tribe was invited to
consult but did not participate: the
Poarch Band of Creek Indians of
Alabama.
In the early to mid–1980s, human
remains representing a minimum of one
individual were removed from Stalling’s
Island (9–CB–1), Columbia County, GA.
The human remains were given to the
Augusta College (now Augusta State
University) anthropology program by a
former student. No known individual
was identified. No associated funerary
objects are present.
The material the student donated
consisted of a paper bag containing
many fragmentary pieces of bone which
at that time were not identified as
human remains. No formal records of
dates, details, or inventory were made at
that time. In 1993, the remains were
examined and non-human, osteological
material (deer) and human remains were
identified. The animal bones are not
considered to be associated funerary
objects. Based on the donor information
and provenience, it is reasonable to
believe that the human remains are
Native American.
Stalling’s Island is a locally well-
known late Archaic Period site in the
Savannah River above Augusta, GA.
During the late Archaic period, pre-
Creek or pre-Cherokee peoples occupied
the central Savannah River valley which
today lies in the states of Georgia and
South Carolina. Authoritative sources
and descendants of both Creek and
Cherokee tribes claim that their
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ancestors utilized this portion of
Savannah River valley in eastern
Georgia.
Descendants of the Cherokee are
members of the Cherokee Nation,
Oklahoma; Eastern Band of Cherokee
Indians of North Carolina; and United
Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in
Oklahoma. Descendants of the Creek are
members of the Alabama-Quassarte
Tribal Town, Oklahoma; Kialegee Tribal
Town, Oklahoma; Muscogee (Creek)
Nation of Oklahoma; Poarch Band of
Creek Indians of Alabama; and
Thlopthlocco Tribal Town, Oklahoma.
Officials of the Augusta State
University have determined that,
pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (9–10), the
human remains described above
represent the physical remains of at
least one individual of Native American
ancestry. Officials of the Augusta State
University also have determined that,
pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (2), there is
a relationship of shared group identity
that can be reasonably traced between
the Native American human remains
and the Alabama-Quassarte Tribal
Town, Oklahoma; Cherokee Nation,
Oklahoma; Eastern Band of Cherokee
Indians of North Carolina; Kialegee
Tribal Town, Oklahoma; Muscogee
(Creek) Nation of Oklahoma; Poarch
Band of Creek Indians of Alabama;
Thlopthlocco Tribal Town, Oklahoma;
and United Keetoowah Band of
Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma.
Representatives of any other Indian
tribe that believes itself to be culturally
affiliated with the human remains
should contact Dr. Christopher Murphy,
Augusta State University, 2500 Walton
Way, Augusta, GA 30904, telephone
(706) 667–4562, before June 18, 2007.
Repatriation of the human remains to
the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians of
North Carolina and Muscogee (Creek)
Nation of Oklahoma may proceed after
that date if no additional claimants
come forward.
Augusta State University is
responsible for notifying the Alabama-
Quassarte Tribal Town, Oklahoma;
Cherokee Nation, Oklahoma; Eastern
Band of Cherokee Indians of North
Carolina; Kialegee Tribal Town,
Oklahoma; Muscogee (Creek) Nation of
Oklahoma; Poarch Band of Creek
Indians of Alabama; Thlopthlocco
Tribal Town, Oklahoma; and United
Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in
Oklahoma that this notice has been
published.
Dated: April 12, 2007.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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